If Bondi Beach is Barbie, New Zealand’s Piha Beach is Wuthering Heights’ Heathcliff. Brooding, wild, unpredictable.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse ...

New Zealand is a place that is so jaw-droppingly beautiful it borders on the mythical at times — no wonder many of its attractions served as the backdrop to "The Lord of the Rings," including the ...

Wellington, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world's rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse ...

The world's rarest whale is believed to have washed ashore on a New Zealand beach, the country's conservation authority said on Monday. The whale is so rare that since the 1800s, only six specimens ...

Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As ...

The whales stranded themselves on what's known as a deathtrap for ocean life. — -- Rescue workers are trying to save nearly 200 whales that were beached in New Zealand on Friday, though at least ...

The longest tentacle was over 16 feet long and washed up in New Zealand. — -- A giant squid washed up on a beach on New Zealand's South Island this week, a local aquarium reported on its Facebook ...

Waves, speed and a new Olympic discipline are coming to Pāpāmoa Beach, as the Bay of Plenty hosts its first coastal rowing ...

July 31 (UPI) --A New Zealand woman found what appeared to be a headless corpse on the beach, but was relieved when police determined it was actually a life-sized adult toy. Alice Cowdrey said she and ...